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Wednesday 19 June 2013, 16:33:40

Top news stories from Egypt

Workers have right to strike: Egyptian court overturns jailing of five dockworkers [Ahram Online] 2013-06-17

Convictions against striking workers overturned [Daily News Egypt] 2013-06-17

Back on ILO blacklist over independent unions [Al Ahram Weekly] 2013-06-14

Egyptian trade union leader facing jail [IndustriAll Global Union] 2013-06-14

ILO must support Egyptian workers’ fight for freedom [Equal Times] 2013-06-11

Other labour news from Egypt

Luxor delegation threatens strike if governor doesn't go [Ahram on-line] 2013-06-19

Havnearbeidere frikjent [Fri Fagbevegelse] 2013-06-18

World Bank Provides $1.25 Million to Support Job Creation in Upper Egypt [Asway Masriya] 2013-06-18

University staff protest reallocation of bonuses [Daily News Egypt] 2013-06-18

Sumed employees hold a sit-in [Daily News Egypt] 2013-06-18

Petrojet workers head back to the pickets [Daily News Egypt] 2013-06-17

EU representative criticises NGO draft law in Shura Council [Daily News Egypt] 2013-06-17

Bread distribution workers speak out [MENA Solidarity Network] 2013-06-15

EgyptAir pilots strike, Cairo flights disrupted [Daily News Egypt] 2013-06-14

Pilots end 10 hour sit-in protest [Associated Press] 2013-06-14

Египетскому профсоюзному лидеру грозит тюремное заключение [IndustriALL] 2013-06-13

Un dirigeant syndical égyptien passible d’emprisonnement [IndustriALL] 2013-06-13

Egipto: amenazan llevar a la cárcel a dirigente sindical [IndustriALL] 2013-06-13

Egypts university employees to protest for salary raise [Ahram on-line] 2013-06-13

Train union elects five members to board of directors [Daily News Egypt] 2013-06-11

Teachers demonstrate in Alexandria, demanding permanent contracts [Ahram on-line] 2013-06-11

Egypt Air switches terminals to get around airport strike [Ahram Online] 2013-06-06

Egyptian independent unions message in solidarity with protests against Erdogan [Mena Solidarity Network] 2013-06-06

Locked out IFFCO workers continue strike [Mena Solidartity Network] 2013-06-06

Rencontre de solidarité syndicale [UITA] 2013-06-05

Une grève perturbe les activités de l'aéroport international du Caire [LPC] 2013-06-05

Strike at Egypt's main airport disrupts flights [The Times-Union] 2013-06-05

Friheten stopper ved fabrikkporten [NNN-Arbeideren] 2013-06-05

Cairo court sentences 43 NGO staffers to 1-5 years in prison [Ahram Online] 2013-06-05

Court convicts 43 nonprofit independent civil society workers - 5 year jail sentences [Associated Press] 2013-06-05

All 43 workers in NGO foreign funding case found guilty [Daily News Egypt] 2013-06-05

Port Said workers hunger strike into 12th day [Ahram on line] 2013-06-05

Strike silences Cairo Opera House [AJ] 2013-06-04

‘No to Brotherhoodization’: Cairo Opera House workers strike to protest Islamist interference [AP] 2013-06-04

חצות בכיכר: לילה משוגע עם המפגינים באיסטנבול [וואלה] 2013-06-03

Workers protest for reinstatement [Daily News Egypt] 2013-06-03

Customs workers to hold protest Tuesday [Daily News Egypt] 2013-06-03

Customs officials to strike at 8 ports on Tuesday [Ahram Online] 2013-06-03

Египет: Bahayra задолжала работникам зарплату за полгода [IndustriALL] 2013-05-31

Egypterne streiker som aldri før [Fri Fagbevegelse] 2013-05-31

Égypte – salaires non payés chez Bahayra [IndustriALL] 2013-05-31

Egipto – Salarios pendientes de pago en Bahayra [IndustriALL] 2013-05-31

Textile sector reflects Egypt's decline [AJ] 2013-05-27

Iffco workers mark 15 days of strike [The Daily News] 2013-05-26

Начинает работу Египетский демократический трудовой конгресс [IndustriALL] 2013-05-24

Le Congrès égyptien démocratique du travail est né [IndustriALL] 2013-05-24

Nace el Congreso Democrático del Trabajo egipcio [IndustriALL] 2013-05-24

Freedom of association threatened by draft law - Egyptian civil society says [Ahram Online] 2013-05-24

Scores of Egyptian migrant workers deported from Libya for 'illegal entry' [Ahram Online] 2013-05-24

В Египте прошла первая национальная забастовка [IndustriALL] 2013-05-23

Première grève nationale en Égypte [IndustriALL] 2013-05-23

Primera huelga nacional en Egipto [IndustriALL] 2013-05-23

Amid increasing unemployment and inflation poverty on the rise: ECESR [Daily News Egypt] 2013-05-22

Cairo airport baggage handlers end strike [The Times-Union] 2013-05-20

Sinai security forces begin strike over kidnapped soldiers [Ahram] 2013-05-20

Cairo airport baggage handlers end strike over death of colleague [Arab News] 2013-05-20

Workers at North Cairo Electricity Co end strike [Ahram on line] 2013-05-20

North Cairo may face power outages as workers strike [Ahram Online] 2013-05-19

Illegal workers storm Egypt’s consulate in Jeddah [Daily News Egypt] 2013-05-19

Unemployment Rate Rises to 13.2 Percent [Asway Masriya] 2013-05-16

Workers clash with Petrojet company security [Daily News Egypt] 2013-05-16

Average salaries grew 20% in 2012: Official statistics body [Ahram Online] 2013-05-14

Electricity company workers on strike [Daily News Egypt] 2013-05-13

Workers in Egypt raise new, free voices [IndustriALL Global Union] 2013-05-10

Египетские рабочие поднимают свой голос свободы [IndustriALL] 2013-05-09

Les travailleurs égyptiens font entendre leurs voix libres [IndustriALL] 2013-05-09

Trabajadores egipcios alzan sus voces libres [IndustriALL] 2013-05-09

Египетский демократический рабочий конгресс поддерживает рабочих «Mondelez» [IUF] 2013-05-08

Cadbury workers in UK link with Egyptian union to stand up against Mondelēz human rights abuses [IUF] 2013-05-06

Tough penalties to be imposed after travel agencies raise concerns about sexual harassment of tourists by hotel staff [Ahram Online] 2013-05-06

Union to appeal railway workers guilty verdict in Badrashin accident [Ahram Online] 2013-05-06

Mondelez tight-lipped on union 'abuse' claims [Just-food] 2013-05-03

Labouring with old demands [Al-Ahram Weekly] 2013-05-03

Egyptians mark MayDay with march on Tahrir Square [Ahram on line] 2013-05-02

For labor in Egypt - little progress since the revolution [Vice] 2013-05-02

Hundreds join protests to mark May Day [Daily News Egypt] 2013-05-02

Two-month-old labour action at Ideal Standard International Egypt – like several other post-revolution labour disputes – remains unresolved [Ahram Online] 2013-05-02

ête du travail, à chacun ses comptes [Al-Ahram] 2013-05-01

Work-related injuries, deaths under-reported in Egypt: Experts [Ahram Online] 2013-05-01

Striking employees occupy courts at State Council in Cairo to demand higher wages and better working conditions [Ahram Online] 2013-05-01

Morsi addresses workers ahead of May Day [Daily News Egypt] 2013-05-01

For May Day, minister vows to improve labor laws, especially those relating to labor rights and freedoms [Ikhwan Web] 2013-05-01

La première conférence de l’EDLC s’engage à lutter en faveur de l’indépendance des syndicats et à soutenir les travailleurs de Mondelez [UITA] 2013-04-30

May Day Statement: We want to work, we want decent wages we want free unions [Mena Solidarity Network] 2013-04-30

Egypt: Ideal Standard workers appeal for solidarity [Mena Solidarity Network] 2013-04-29

Women protest against minister’s remarks [Daily News Egypt] 2013-04-29

Women's groups rally against Info Minister accused of harassing working female journalists [Ahram Online] 2013-04-29

Striking Egypt police close security HQs in Ismailia, Kafr Al-Sheikh [Ahram Online] 2013-04-29

Tax workers demand higher pay [Daily News Egypt] 2013-04-28

Women's movement protests Information Minister harassing female journalists [Daily News Egypt] 2013-04-28

Journalist union demands minister resign over sexually offensive comments against women colleagues [Ahram Online] 2013-04-28

Information Minister Denies Possible Wage Cuts For Maspero Workers [Aswat Masriya] 2013-04-25

Workers accuse national gas company of corruption [The Daily ] 2013-04-25

Health workers demonstrate for funding, framework at Shura Council [Egypt Independent] 2013-04-24

Professional syndicates call for protests in solidarity with judiciary [Daily News Egypt] 2013-04-24

No plans to cut ERTU salaries: Egypt information minister [Ahram Online] 2013-04-23

Workers in independent unions plan May 1 protests [Daily News Egypt] 2013-04-23

State TV workers demand sacking of Brotherhood's Info Minister [Aswat Masriya] 2013-04-22

State media employees protest pay cuts, demand minister's dismissal [Ahram Online] 2013-04-22

Employees protest at Maspero, the state radio and television building call for the removal of Minister of Information [Daily News Egypt] 2013-04-22

Workers raise a list of demands [Daily News Egypt] 2013-04-21

State TV employees demand information minister dismissal [Egypt Independent] 2013-04-20

Railways ground to a halt on Sunday as train drivers staged a nationwide strike [Al-Ahram] 2013-04-17

Workers at the students’ dormitories at Cairo University protest against the imprisonment for their colleagues [Daily News Egypt] 2013-04-15

Independent trade unions call for mass demonstrations in Tahrir [The Daily News] 2013-04-14